Books

Everything you need for your better future and success has already been written. Jim Rohn

The following is a list of all the non-fiction books I've read since 2009. I keep it mainly for personal reference, while secretly hoping it'll help you find books that you like and wishing that they change your life as they did mine. ☺

The works of Jim Rohn, Viktor E. Frankl, Napoleon Hill, Dale Carnegie, and Derek Sivers were most inspiring to me.

If you want my opinion on any of these books feel free to email me.

2013

On Writing Well by William Zinsser
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality by Brian Greene
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie
Tap Dancing to Work: Warren Buffett on Practically Everything by Carol J. Loomis

2012

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
The Passionate Programmer: Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Development by Chad Fowler
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall
Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker by Kevin Mitnick and William L. Simon
How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes by Peter D. Schiff and Andrew J. Schiff
Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman by James Gleick
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman by Richard P. Feynman
What Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P. Feynman and Ralph Leighton
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character) by Richard P. Feynman and Ralph Leighton
Anything You Want by Derek Sivers
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom by Jonathan Haidt
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
A Little History of the World by E. H. Gombrich
The Two-Second Advantage: How We Succeed by Anticipating the Future–Just Enough by Kevin Maney and Vivek Ranadive
Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens by Christopher Hitchens

2011

Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World by Michael Lewis
The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos by Brian Greene
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
How to Develop Self-Confidence And Influence People By Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie
End Malaria by Michael Bungay Stanier
Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson
How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit by Brenda Ueland
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want, and Change the World by Chris Guillebeau
Before the Big Bang: The Prehistory of Our Universe by Brian Clegg
Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics by Henry Hazlitt
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini
The Startup Game: Inside the Partnership between Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs by William H. Draper
The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business by Josh Kaufman
Eight Pillars of Prosperity by James Allen

2010

As a Man Thinketh by James Allen
Living With Intensity: Understanding the Sensitivity, Excitability, and the Emotional Development of Gifted Children, Adolescents, and Adults by Susan Daniels and Michael M. Piechowski
The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self by Alice Miller
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion by Gary Vaynerchuk
Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose by Tony Hsieh
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow
Behind the Cloud: The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company-and Revolutionized an Industry by Marc Benioff and Carlye Adler
Rework by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson
What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell
Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days by Jessica Livingston
Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? by Seth Godin Review
Bringing Nothing To The Party: True Confessions of a New Media Whore by Paul Carr
The Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steven Gary Blank
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill Review
The RSpec Book: Behaviour Driven Development with Rspec, Cucumber, and Friends by David Chelimsky, Dave Astels, Bryan Helmkamp, and Dan North
Five Major Pieces to the Life Puzzle by Jim Rohn
The Richest Man in Babylon by George Samuel Clason Review

2009

Eric Sink on the Business of Software by Eric Sink
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip & Dan Heath
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing by Mignon Fogarty
Pragmatic Version Control Using Git by Travis Swicegood
Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software by Eric Evans
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
Getting Real: The smarter, faster, easier way to build a successful web application by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson, and Matthew Linderman
Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware by Andrew Hunt
The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz
The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss

I'm also a big fan of fiction. Middle-earth and Hogwarts are my favorite fictional universes.

The book you don't read won't help. Jim Rohn